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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE
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A HUNTER WITH HIS ELEPHANT SPEAR
When the author and his party went into the Am Dafok region in search of lions and
elephants, they took with them a number of these half-breed hunters. The spear is of light
wood and about 12 feet long. The iron head is a two-edged blade (see text, page 669).
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